By the Sea, for zephre
Rated: R
Summary: Prompt: FIC. post-war AU, Remus leaves England to seek a better life, follows a tip from a (matchmaking?) friend, ends up settled in the same place Severus has been living incognito after he was acquitted/escaped/whatever. Sparks fly, old resentments surface. Wolfsbane potion, werewolf claiming, perhaps mpreg? (Sorry, no mpreg) bonus if the matchmaker is an elder Weasley son or Kingsley, and checks up on him.
Word count: ~5700

If I were doing Advent Drabbles, this would be yesterday's. :P This is just something I wrote on the spur of the moment, and is not part of the ficlet offer I made earlier.

Anyway, enjoy. It's, umm, not really attached to any fandom, though in my mind it is, of course, HP. Make the characters any of your choosing.

Title: A Smile Like That
Characters: Whoever you want
Rating: PG
Word Count: 378
Summary: This is what happens when a poor, hapless girl gets caught in the middle of a slashy moment.

( A Smile Like That )

The Last Christmas, for duckgirlie
Rated: NC17
Warnings: Character Death, Self Mutilation, Infidelity
Summary: Request/Challenges: [Snape and Lupin’s] last meeting, anytime during DH. And: When they're young, what happens directly after Lupin finds out Snape's joined the death eaters.
Word count: ~2800

Excuse me while I dance around my living room. :D I'm excessively happy today, for no apparent reason. Just... happy.

Want to come be happy with me? Yay!

You guys! nishi_shinji has done it again! She's written me absolutely fabulous comment fic! ByaRen this time, and I am completely blown away by this. It's just so good! You should all read it and tell her how good it is!

Now, it's time for the second part of the Whispering Corridors series, Memento Mori:

( Cut for picture and details )

Today's art is a character that I've been asked to draw numerous times. He was actually really fun to do so you may see more of him. Though perhaps not with the person you'd really want to see him with. *is seekritly a Snape/everybody shipper, but especially this character*.

In other news, I haven't really been able to read my flist for the past several days and this will likely be true for another week or so, so if you post something you know I should see, please give me a heads up. *clings to flist*

*goes back to making more @%$*!#& cookies* HoHoHo!!!

( Art for day 24 under the cut... )

Not All Gifts Come With Bows, for senjy
Rated: PG
Summary: When Teddy was dropped in Remus' lap, his world was turned upside down. In desperation he turns to the only person close at hand.
Notes: Non-magical AU
Word count: ~15,000

Title: Pumpkin Lattes
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snape/Lupin, Ash/Tsubasa
Word count: ~1,465
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Scars, and the non-Snupin story Ash's Wand, which is set in the Always series, but focuses on the OCs Ash and Tsubasa.

Summary: Set in October of the school year following the end of Scars. This story came about after I bought a pumpkin latte at the local coffee shop, and I started wondering if the wizarding world would welcome the equivalent of Starbucks.

Follow the link to my journal...

My victories may be small, but cool nonetheless.
( The latest saga under cut )
Long (very geeky) story short, I made Ubuntu install and work on my laptop. With no knowledge of the terminal interface beyond ifconfig (and my basic networking commands like ping).

In other news, Yule Balls has started. Next up for me is dear santa (research is underway) followed by Wizard Love (unless my email is lying to me and I've forgotten a fest). We're not going to discuss how possible that is.
Oh, and while doing research I finished my election scarf and took a really bad picture of it.

The Inverse of Hormesis, for apythia
Rated: R
Summary: An improbable meeting in a Muggle bookshop leads Snape and Lupin to re-evaluate one another.
Word count: ~5700

Why do the fecking layers not show up in the order I entered them?

No robots for tonight I'm afraid, Gimp can go fuck itself, me = going to bed.

G'night.

I can share my top-secret investigative results with you at long last! With the help of a super-powerful telescope, I stalked spied on managed to get a glimpse of a normal day in Apisa_b's life, and I bring photographic evidence.

( Here she's riding Amadeus )

Coming soon: beware, there are robots among us!

Untitled, for osmalic
Rated: R
Summary: After the defeat of Voldemort, Ron and Draco have found a surprising connection. But why are Remus and Severus so against the match?

I have been watching a few series of horror movies over the last few weeks. Interestingly, it seems like sequels not only doesn't have to have anything to do with the first one, they are sometimes not even the same genre, unless one is very generous. So it's been rather amusing at times, accompanied by more than one "Huh? Wait a minute... How is this at all related to..." moment.

First up is the Korean "Whispering Corridors" (Yeogo Goedam) series:

( Cut for movie poster and details )

Btw, I think I'm totally ruining my ratio on the private tracker, atm. I'm downloading a whole NHK series that someone uploaded there all in one huge file: 16.7 GB! Currently, it says that it will take something like 150 days before it's finished. Sometimes I really love direct downloads instead. ;-)

Also, if anyone knows what the hell I'm listening to, could you please let me know, because... um, my kanji comprehension is non-existent. I must have downloaded the file some time ago, and I found it only today, so I can't remember what it is. LOL!

Canon Ace of Wands - ITV 1970
Rating: Gen
Words: 100 (Drabble)

Advent 1978

"Lasers," snorted Sam. "They're just a fad."

Lulli nodded. "You have to admit Tarot, they're not very impressive."

They had been shopping in Oxford Street that morning and the pale green spears of light flashing over the heads of the shoppers had been a disappointment.

Tarot tapped the box which he had set down on the table. The sides vanished, revealing a transparent cube in which a faintly glowing green rabbit emerged from an emerald top hat. "They have possibilities, he said, setting the hologram revolving with a gesture. "And who knows, one day they may revolutionise the entertainment industry."

~end~
( Notes, background and nostagic ramblings )

The header will be explained in my next post. In the meantime, I have an awful lot of things to do, both in rl and fandom. So last night found myself scribbling down the first two drabble outlines for a series of stories (drawing on all my fandoms) using the Major Arcana as prompts.

Since I don't anticipate being able to access the internet on anything like a regular basis throughout December it is probably not a good idea to embark on such a project. but when the muse strikes I'm loath to banish it.

Especially since I didn't get half the stuff done last month that I intended.

First though, a quick round up of what did get done in November.

( November's fic links )

Now on to the writing.

I'd like to take a moment to introduce some of our RL/SS resources to newcomers to the community and provide a reminder about the resources to oldtimers.

( Resource List )

How This Works:
I'll determine what the theme is by drawing a theme randomly out of my King Kong trading card tin; the suggested prompts are from a long-ago poll, and when the number of suggestions dwindles enough, I'll open a new poll for new theme list suggestions.

( How This Works cont. )

The November theme search is officially CLOSED.

( DECEMBER THEME SEARCH )

How to Save a Life, for nimrod_9
Rated: R
Summary: The war has given a second chance to many, but Severus doesn’t seem to care. Will Remus be able to help him regain his will to live?
Warnings: None, except maybe a bit of sappyness and OOCness. Oh, and this story is DH compliant up to the end, excluding Snape and Remus’ death.
Author notes: Merry Christmas, Nimrod! I hope you like the prompt I choose, and what I made of it. We all should thank my anonymous betas for the amazing job they did, this fanfic wouldn’t have been half as good without their help! Special thanks to D. For suggesting the title, to S. for sharing the Teddy-love and to A. who’s the best!
Word count: ~18,000

That christmas wish meme... (yeah, I'm late, I know, but I don't really expect to get any wishes fulfilled. Not after the year I've had.)

( The rules )

My list, in no particular order:

* Sainsbury's extra power pain reliever caplets... fabulous things! Often, they're the only thing that works on my headaches. Must be the combination of aspirin, paracetamol and caffeine that does the trick. Anyway, I wish for these!

* Chocolate. I happen to enjoy the stuff very much. :D I like chocolate with nuts or almonds or various fillings, or liquorice. Mmmhmm. I think it's fun to get to eat chocolate from other places, stuff I can't get here. (Not a fan of raisins, for the record.)

* Fan art for one of my stories! Yes, I heart fan art so much. Since I'm in anime/manga fandoms now, I wish for art for one of those stories I've written.

* Any leftover merch (no matter how small) for one of my fandoms (Bleach, Loveless, Death Note, Koutetsu Sangokushi (yeah right, as if merch even exists for that anime))

* The return of my muses and the dispelling of the writer's block!

* A safe, nice, and stress-free life. With some good luck and good stuff happening. (And world peace, while I'm wishing.)

* All things Gackt. The only thing I have managed to find in this country is the CD Diabolos. There's just nothing with him! Sweden doesn't yet appreciate his greatness! :(

* Small, cool Japanese things. (For me almost everything Japanese is cool. *g*)

* Things connected to ancient Egypt and/or Egyptian mythology.

* A Byakuya/Renji/Shuuhei/Ukitake icon... Just because it happens to be my OT4 and I've never seen any!

If anyone would like my contact info, my email addy is this username =at= g m a i l =period= c o m. :) Xmas cards are welcome too. I didn't sign up for any (apart from one) this year, because I've switched fandoms and have been mostly silent this year... And I'm not sure I can afford sending any myself. But if anyone wants to send me one, know that I'll be squeeing loudly.

Current Mood: embarrassed

I've occasionally been asked to draw various Harry Potter characters other than Snape and Harry and I thought this might be a good opportunity to try out a few characters you wouldn't normally see on this journal. Though there *might* just be a brief appearance from some old favorites further down the count. ;D

( Day 25 Art below the cut... )